Conceição (Ribeira Grande)

Coordinates: 37°49′7″N 25°31′35″W / 37.81861°N 25.52639°W / 37.81861; -25.52639

Conceição
Civil Parish (Freguesia)
The northern margin of Lagoa do Fogo (foreground), on the southern border of the parish
Official name: Freguesia da Conceição
Name origin: conceição, Portuguese for conception; derived from the religious parish's name Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Country	Portugal
Autonomous Region	Azores
Group	Central
Island	São Miguel
Municipality	Ribeira Grande
Localities	Caldeiras, Conceição
Center	Conceição
- elevation	28 m (92 ft)
- coordinates	37°49′7″N 25°31′35″W / 37.81861°N 25.52639°W / 37.81861; -25.52639
Highest point
- location	Barrosa, Conceição, Ribeira Grande
- elevation	777.19 m (2,550 ft)
- coordinates	37°46′10″N 25°29′42″W / 37.76944°N 25.495°W / 37.76944; -25.495
Lowest point	Sea Level
- location	Atlantic Ocean
Length	8.12 km (5 mi), Northwest-Southeast
Width	3.14 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast
Area	12.7 km2 (5 sq mi)
- land	10.5 km2 (4 sq mi)
- water	1.59 km2 (1 sq mi)
- urban	.61 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population	1,797 (2001)
Density	141.5 / km2 (366 / sq mi)
LAU	Freguesia/Junta Freguesia
- location	Rua de São Sebastião, Conceição, Ribeira Grande
- elevation	38 m (125 ft)
- coordinates	37°49′11″N 25°31′22″W / 37.81972°N 25.52278°W / 37.81972; -25.52278
President Junta	Mário Miguel Rodrigues Furtado (PS)
President Assembleia	Maria Helena Soares de Sousa (PS)
Timezone	Azores (UTC-1)
- summer (DST)	Azores (UTC0)
ISO 3166-2 code	PT-
Postal Zone	9600-538 Ribeira Grande
Area Code & Prefix	(+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Demonym	Micalense
Patron Saint	Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Parish Address	Rua de São Sebastião 9600-538 Ribeira Grande
Wikimedia Commons: Conceição (Ribeira Grande)
Website: http://www.jfconceicao.ifreg.pt
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Conceição is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,797, its density is 141.1/km² and the area is 12.74 km².

Geography

Conceição has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).